Dìlseachd - A Stolen Crown Quotes

“She did not quite know how she was able to sing it through without making any more mistakes. Fiona was only aware of how melancholy the song seemed now, the last line of The Highlands Are Calling Me Home lingering as a sad echo in the air. It had never caused her chest to tighten as it did now. Perhaps having left the Highlands which had been her home made the song all the more dear to her, but perhaps it was also because it was a lament; in light of the inevitable war, the words seemed all the more meaningful. A lament, and yet a song of hope. . .They might all yet come home.”
― Cheyenne van Langevelde, Dìlseachd - A Stolen Crown

“We are ever seeking more certainty, more hope,” Rhiada replied at last, his voice humming, an echo of a song in it. “The less we hae, the more we wish for it. But were times none so dire as these, were life none so fragile, we would perhaps nae hold to it so, like a shining light in the midst of darkness. The greater the darkness, the more precious that hope becomes. Were our lives, our homes, our country, our freedoms, our princess—were these none so dear to us, we would nae risk it all to keep them. Men donnae die fer something they donnae believe in. Because we risk it, then it must be worth it in the end. Should that no’ give us hope?”
― Cheyenne van Langevelde, Dìlseachd - A Stolen Crown

“Rhiada was quiet. "Fiona, donnae think about the possibilities until the problem arises. Worrying about what might happen doesnae prepare ye more fer when the bad things do happen—if they do. When the time comes that something gaes wrong, then ye can fret if ye feel like it.”
― Cheyenne van Langevelde, Dìlseachd - A Stolen Crown

“Gentler, Fiona, gentler. The strings are no’ bowstrings. Ye must be gentle wi’ them if ye wish to make any music at all.”
― Cheyenne van Langevelde, Dìlseachd - A Stolen Crown

“Life is full of battles. Ye cannae escape them. Ye can only prepare to stand yer ground and fight them.”
― Cheyenne van Langevelde, Dìlseachd - A Stolen Crown

“Ye cannae end fear without hope.”
― Cheyenne van Langevelde, Dìlseachd - A Stolen Crown

“Hope, as fleeting and faroff as it was, had arise out of the darkness, but she was too timid yet to take ahold of it.”
― Cheyenne van Langevelde, Dìlseachd - A Stolen Crown